The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-11
Local and State Notes.

push the invention to the front. introducing it
on some of the leading roads at once.
Local and state Notes.
G. A. Cartwright, general freight agent of the
Cincinnati. Wabash & Michigan road, is in the
city on official business.
Chas Nelson general superintendent of the
c., II. q D.. leaves this morning for Pennsyl-
vania for a week rest
The Louisville. Evansville & ST. Louis road
is putting in solid stone piers at the Wabash
river which fine new iron bridge is to rest
The financial freaks of the last few days are
said to have given the project of extending the
Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago road to Chicago
a black eye.
T. ]. Kennedy, private secretary of Geo.
Stevens, superintendent of the Wabash, has re-
signed to accept more lucrative position in a
county Office
L. H. Reed late superintendent of the car
department of the L.. D. e s. road. has taken
service with Minett 81 CO., large manufacturers
OF paints and varnshes.
The engineers laying out the route for the
Vincennes & New Albany road have struck a
line through the knobs which will shorten the
proposed tunnel 80 feet.
The Western Union Telegraph Company is
this week stretching new wires along the Fort
Wayne. Cincinnati g. Louisville road between
Fort Wayne and New Castle.
Large shipments of California canned goods
are coming forward the reduced rates.
To Indianapolis it is but rs cents and to New
York City but 81 per 100 pounds.
The railway mails are loaded down with new
tariffs and circulars issued on account of the in
terstate law. On Monday last the Chicago rail-
wav mail exchange handled $500 letters and
packages.
The Wabash and the c., B. e @. companies
are said to be about communicating deal by
which the latter will have the use of all the Wa
bash terminal facilities at st. Louis for ninety
nine years.
W. Fl. Pettibone, who recently resigned as
superintendent of the Toledo. St. Louis 81 Kan
sas City road, has accepted the position of
superin tendent of the construction of the San
Francisco Clear Lake & Humbol road
The l., B. 81 w. people converting their
eight-wheel freight engines into passenger
gines at the rate of one per month. Those that
have been rebuilt are among the finest passenger
locomotives which arrive and depart at the
Union Depot.
The track-iayers will tomorrow reach New
Ross the extension of the Indiana Midland
road The construction party is laying track at
the rate OF two thirds of a mile day. On Sun
day next their crossing of the l., B. & ". will
be put in at New Ross
The Pennsylvania company is pressed for
cars and for power that it is pushing repairs in
its shops day and night, well as building
equipment. The Columbus shops are
building eleven heavy freight engines, four of
which will be out this month.
The cold storage service on railroads has in
creased fully rapidly as any branch. There
are now thousands of refrigerator-cars in service
against a few hundred FIVE years ago. and yet
demand for cars of this lass is far from being
supplied at any shipping point OF Importance.
The building. boiler ard engine of the tank
house of the Indiana Midland road. at Lebanon,
burned Tuesday, night The loss. Manager
in the city and purchased a engine and
boiler, and will at once replace the property de-
stroyed.
The c. w. Fairbanks syndicate hold about
$500 900 of the c. Fl. & D. stock which was
turned over to them when the c., H. & D. pur-
chased the Dayton e. Ironton. In this holding
ir is understood they will not be disturbed,
2iuiAa dc hara hnA i1cfnn fhou noDt
ed the stock.
general Passenger Agent Lockwood. of the
Gn.d Radios Sc Indiana road, has been putting
in the greater part of this week showing the at
fractions that this route offers to General Pas
senger Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pttsburg, and his corps of assistant gen.
eral passenger agents.
The numerous excursions to summer pleasure
resorts are njurng the legitimate business of
such resorts, as hotels are crowded much of the
time and regular boarders who go there to re-
main weeks become disguised and leave Gen
eral passenger agents who wish to make their
resorts attractive will next season steer clear of
excursionists.
w. C. Arp. foreman of the shops of the Penn
siyvanla company, at Columbus, O., was in
the city yesterday. He has been offered the
position of master mechanic the Elgin,
Joliet & Eastern. This is a new road building
outside of Chicago. thirty-fve miles, and is to
be belt-road 40 miles long, crossing every road
running into Chicago
The gilt-edged SHIPMENTS from Chicago,
indianapolis and other Western points and those
most sought are the dairy products IndIanapo-
lis often forwards eight to ten carloads in day.
OF course. Chicago does still better For
example, last week the shipments of these com
modities, excluding eggs. from that point were
] 200 tons. and paid the roads 500 OOO The |
Fort Wayne and the Michigan Central get the |
bulk of the shipments from Chicago; at Indian
apolis the Bee-line leads.
The Chicago Tribune puts in circulation an |
amusing story regarding the manner in which
Manager Potter of the Union Pacific swept the |
useless timber out of some of the departments of |
that corporation. It is said that one chief had |
forty one clerks to help carry his work and |
that brief Investigation convinced Mr.. Potter |
that thirty nine of them were superfluous. As q |
consequence that official is getting along at the
present time with just two subordinates- This
brings TO mi nd the manner in which President |
ingalls,, of the c., l.. St L. & c. gets over these
questions of increasing and reducing expenses.
few pears ago his auditor complained of being
crowded with work and insisted that he must
nave more help Mr. Ingalls, asked how many
men he had.
-Four"
''W hat their salaries!"
Eighty dollars per month each"
We'll" said Mr.. ingalls,. lyon go and hire
light $40 clerks and put in their places and then
Tou will catch up with your work without in
;reasing expenses"
He heard no more from his auditor, and the
Jour men did the work for some time after.
General and Miscellaneous.
The New York q New England road is ex-
pending $500. 900 It's road bed, largely in re-
building Its bridges.
The New York, Lake Erie g. Western road is
o test the Strong locomotive some Of its
leavy express trains.
Boston claims to have put S45. 900, 900 into new
Western enterprises the last few months, and